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LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1st Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 The nation of Israel had long known that God was their shepherd. David, the shepherd turned king, portrayed God as a loving, all-providing, protecting shepherd in his famous psalm (P…
LWPT Meditations - Ascension Day - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Ascension Day - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Ascension Day Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 93 Ephesians 1:15-23 give you the spirit Luke 24:44-53 Luke tells us twice about the Ascension, when Jesus returned to heaven to be with the Father. In his gospel, the Ascension account rounds off the entire story of Jesus’ earthly lif…
LWPT Meditations - Epiphany - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Epiphany - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- Epiphany Year B Isaiah 60: 1-6 Psalm 72: 1-7 Ephesians 3: 1-12 Matthew 2: 10-12 Epiphany provides an afterglow that prolongs the light and joy of our Christmas celebrations, before we settle back into the weeks that will lead us to Lent. We love the story of the thre…
LWPT Meditations - Epiphany - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Epiphany - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Epiphany Yr A Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-2 Epiphany provides an afterglow that prolongs the light and joy of our Christmas celebrations, before we settle back into the weeks that will lead us to Lent. We love the story of the thre…
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Easter - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation –Third Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 1st Peter 1:17-23 Luke 24:13-35 The first disciples of Jesus had only the Old Testament; the New Testament was still to be written. When they came to preach the good news about their risen Lord, they…
LWPT Meditations - Trinity Sunday - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Trinity Sunday - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Trinity Sunday Year A Acts 2:1-2:4a Psalm 8 2nd Corinthians 13;11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 There are no Trinity proof-texts in the Bible – no single verse that incontrovertibly proves that God is three persons in one, and the word “trinity” does not appear. Some Bible cri…
LWPT Meditations - Sunday before Lent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Sunday before Lent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Sunday before Lent Year C Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2nd Corinthians 3:12- 4:2 Luke 9:28-36 In the children’s story “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” by CS Lewis, the point is made early on in the account, that Aslan – the lion who represents the Lord Jesus – is “…
LWPT Meditations - Meditation on the Cross - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Meditation on the Cross - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation on the Cross - Year B Some say it was the nails that held him. The sharp iron, mined from rock, melted, moulded, forged to pierce wrist and foot, to plunge deep into wood to keep the victim fast. When He called dry land forth from water, shaped mountains, hid minerals,…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 24 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 24 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 24 Luke 18: 1-8 Gaze on all the people in this world who have lost heart. It won’t be obvious who they are, for we are good at hiding the signs, but everyone at some time in their life will be in danger of losing heart. Then gaze on this widow, who is demanding justice. Wh…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Third Sunday of Easter Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Third Sunday of Easter Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Third Sunday of Easter John 21.1-19 Gaze on another dawn, another occasion when at first all is in shadow until Jesus illuminates the day for the disciples. Gaze on another setting when things are going badly: if there are no fish, at best the disciples won’t eat, and at wo…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Christ the King Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Christ the King Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Christ the King Luke 23: 33-43 Gaze on the two other men, hanging on their crosses. Though we know nothing about their crimes, we may picture them as nasty, brutish men, surly, dirty and dishevelled even before this execution. Were they violent men who had spent a lifetime harmin…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Palm Sunday The Liturgy of the Palms Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Palm Sunday The Liturgy of the Palms Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Palm Sunday The Liturgy of the Palms Luke 19.28-40 Gaze on that onlooker at the back, peering over the taller people at the front of the crowds. It could be you or me. Your heart is thumping, you are so exhilarated. For once, feel ready to come out of your safe corner and move to…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 10 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 10 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 10 Luke 10: 25-37 Gaze on the victim in this story, the traveller who has been mugged and beaten and left in a stinking alleyway, bleeding and sore, miles from home. Imagine you are that victim. Someone comes near and hears your moans. He peers down at you...
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 11 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 11 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 11 Luke 10: 38-42 Gaze at Martha, inviting Jesus in for a rest and a meal. How she wants to please him! She is bustling about humming quietly to herself with pleasure. She dashes round with the duster, then sets the cushions straight. Next she potters in the kitchen, getti…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 12 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 12 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 12 Luke 11: 1-13 Gaze on a clear night sky, full of stars, and a partial moon that lights up your way along the narrow village streets. Hear the frantic banging, waking everyone in the house. Who can it be at this time of night – there must be a fire somewhere, or a death.…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 14 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 14 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 14 Luke 12: 32-40 Gaze on the vault of a bank, excavated deep below street level. It has triple walls made of steel and iron, and the doors are bolted and double locked. Only a few people know the combination of the safe inside. Stacked there, from floor to ceiling, are fl…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 17 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 17 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 17 Luke 14: 1, 7-14 Gaze on a very common social situation – everyone arrives at a ‘do’, and there are several round tables laid up with glittering candles and vases of freesia and crisp white napkins. People are hovering about, for none wants to be the first to be seated,…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 18 Year C